Authors Last A Long Time, But....

[Clorox Bleachman 2,534]

The 'actual' account has fewer followers and hasn't posted since 2018. Hmm.

[Ulitzer95 13,058]

29 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

You can just buy an account and wipe all the previous tweets though. If it's not blueticked then there's no penalty for changing the username. 

That’s a niche theory.
 

Isn’t it more likely they genuinely built up that follower count, then simply wiped all their own tweets, then changed their display pic, handle and screen name? Not hard to achieve, but obviously takes time.

[Thatcher 2,699]

6 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

 

This is the Italian author death hoaxer, right?

Confirmed as a hoax by Tommasso Debenedetti

[Neol Edmunds 94]

French Author Pascal Lainé, potentially best known as Prix Goncourt winner for La Dentellière in 1974, dead aged 82.

 

https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/12/31/pascal-laine-prix-goncourt-1974-pour-la-dentelliere-est-mort-a-l-age-de-82-ans_6475854_3382.html

[Thatcher 2,699]

On 01/06/2015 at 13:10, Bibliogryphon said:

David Lodge (80) is complaining of diminishing creativity in old age. May not write another novel.

David Lodge has died aged 89.

 

Obituaries: The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, Daily Mail, BBC

[Bibliogryphon 9,700]

56 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

David Lodge has died aged 89.

 

Early hit for my DDP theme team

 

Was a unique pick last year

[Thatcher 2,699]

Noreen Riols, British spy and author, has died aged 98.

[Thatcher 2,699]

Derek Parker (b. 1932), British author and broadcaster, reportedly dead. He wrote Parker’s Astrology books with his wife, Julia Parker (b. 1932). 

[msc 18,671]

Feck, this week's been so deadly for British writers I'm off for a checkup! 

[alt obits guy 3,402]

Andrew Pyper, a writer of award-winning literary thrillers, has died. He was 56. Pyper had been suffering from cancer.

 

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/andrew-pyper-toronto-writer-of-literary-thrillers-dead-at-56/article_fe3b18fa-ca33-11ef-aaa2-d7555a69d849.html

[alt obits guy 3,402]

Richard Foreman, a playwright of more than 50 plays and founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, has died. He was 87.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/theater/richard-foreman-dead.html

(Behind paywall)

[Heef 167]

On 04/01/2025 at 00:12, Thatcher said:

David Lodge has died aged 89.

 

Obituaries: The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, Daily Mail, BBC

I did enjoy his satires of the university system. Unsurprisingly, they're still utterly relevant today - 40+ years later. Nice Work and Small World are decent reads, even if you've never worked in the system. Really, they're so close to the reality, it's a bit rude to proffer them as satirical.